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Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, para. undefined
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- No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1948
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
Paragraph
Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, para. 4
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- (4) Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1948
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
Paragraph
Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, para. 2
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- (2) Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1948
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
Paragraph
Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, para. 2
- Paragraph text
- (2) Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his country.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1948
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
Paragraph
Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, para. undefined
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- Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1948
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
Paragraph
Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, para. 2
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- (2) No one may be compelled to belong to an association.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1948
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
Paragraph
Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, para. 1
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- (1) Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1948
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
Paragraph
Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, para. 1
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- (1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1948
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
Paragraph
Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, para. 1
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- (1) Everyone has the right to a nationality.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1948
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
Paragraph
Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, para. 2
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- (2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1948
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
Paragraph
Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, para. 1
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- (1) Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1948
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
Paragraph
Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, para. undefined
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- Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1948
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
Paragraph
Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, para. 2
- Paragraph text
- (2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1948
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
Paragraph
Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, para. undefined
- Paragraph text
- Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1948
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
Paragraph
Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, para. undefined
- Paragraph text
- No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1948
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
Paragraph
Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, para. undefined
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- Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1948
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
Paragraph
Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, para. undefined
- Paragraph text
- No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1948
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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The Arms Trade Treaty 2013, para. 3
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- The States Parties shall make every effort to achieve consensus on each amendment. If all efforts at consensus have been exhausted, and no agreement reached, the amendment shall, as a last resort, be adopted by a three-quarters majority vote of the States Parties present and voting at the meeting of the Conference of States Parties. For the purposes of this Article, States Parties present and voting means States Parties present and casting an affirmative or negative vote. The Depositary shall communicate any adopted amendment to all States Parties.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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The Arms Trade Treaty 2013, para. 2
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- A State Party may withdraw its reservation at any time by notification to this effect addressed to the Depositary.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998, para. 2c
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- 2. In the case of a request for the arrest and surrender of a person for whom a warrant of arrest has been issued by the Pre-Trial Chamber under article 58, the request shall contain or be supported by: (c) Such documents, statements or information as may be necessary to meet the requirements for the surrender process in the requested State, except that those requirements should not be more burdensome than those applicable to requests for extradition pursuant to treaties or arrangements between the requested State and other States and should, if possible, be less burdensome, taking into account the distinct nature of the Court.
- Body
- United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1998
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
Paragraph
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998, para. undefined
- Paragraph text
- Unless otherwise decided, the place of the trial shall be the seat of the Court.
- Body
- United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 1998
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
Paragraph
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998, para. 4
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- 4. In reaching a decision on any such application, the competent authority in the custodial State shall consider whether, given the gravity of the alleged crimes, there are urgent and exceptional circumstances to justify interim release and whether necessary safeguards exist to ensure that the custodial State can fulfil its duty to surrender the person to the Court. It shall not be open to the competent authority of the custodial State to consider whether the warrant of arrest was properly issued in accordance with article 58, paragraph 1 (a) and (b).
- Body
- United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1998
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
Paragraph
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998, para. 1
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- 1. This article applies in any case where the disclosure of the information or documents of a State would, in the opinion of that State, prejudice its national security interests. Such cases include those falling within the scope of article 56, paragraphs 2 and 3, article 61, paragraph 3, article 64, paragraph 3, article 67, para-graph 2, article 68, paragraph 6, article 87, paragraph 6 and article 93, as well as cases arising at any other stage of the proceedings where such disclosure may be at issue.
- Body
- United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 1998
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
Paragraph
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998, para. 2c
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- 2. Where there are grounds to believe that a person has committed a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court and that person is about to be questioned either by the Prosecutor, or by national authorities pursuant to a request made under Part 9, that person shall also have the following rights of which he or she shall be informed prior to being questioned: (c) To have legal assistance of the person's choosing, or, if the person does not have legal assistance, to have legal assistance assigned to him or her, in any case where the interests of justice so require, and without payment by the person in any such case if the person does not have sufficient means to pay for it; and
- Body
- United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1998
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
Paragraph
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998, para. 4a
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- 4. Without prejudice to other articles in this Part, where it is necessary for the successful execution of a request which can be executed without any compulsory measures, including specifically the interview of or taking evidence from a person on a voluntary basis, including doing so without the presence of the authorities of the requested State Party if it is essential for the request to be executed, and the examination without modification of a public site or other public place, the Prosecutor may execute such request directly on the territory of a State as follows: (a) When the State Party requested is a State on the territory of which the crime is alleged to have been committed, and there has been a determination of admissibility pursuant to article 18 or 19, the Prosecutor may directly execute such request following all possible consultations with the requested State Party;
- Body
- United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1998
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
Paragraph
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998, para. 7c (ii)
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- 7. The Pre-Trial Chamber shall, on the basis of the hearing, determine whether there is sufficient evidence to establish substantial grounds to believe that the person committed each of the crimes charged. Based on its determination, the Pre-Trial Chamber shall: (c) Adjourn the hearing and request the Prosecutor to consider: (ii) Amending a charge because the evidence submitted appears to establish a different crime within the jurisdiction of the Court.
- Body
- United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1998
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
Paragraph
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998, para. 1
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- 1. The Prosecutor shall, having evaluated the information made available to him or her, initiate an investigation unless he or she determines that there is no reasonable basis to proceed under this Statute. In deciding whether to initiate an investigation, the Prosecutor shall consider whether: (a) The information available to the Prosecutor provides a reasonable basis to believe that a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court has been or is being committed; (b) The case is or would be admissible under article 17; and (c) Taking into account the gravity of the crime and the interests of victims, there are nonetheless substantial reasons to believe that an investigation would not serve the interests of justice. If the Prosecutor determines that there is no reasonable basis to proceed and his or her determination is based solely on subparagraph (c) above, he or she shall inform the Pre-Trial Chamber.
- Body
- United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1998
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
Paragraph
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998, para. 6c
- Paragraph text
- 6. At the hearing, the person may: (c) Present evidence.
- Body
- United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 1998
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
Paragraph
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998, para. 5d
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- 5. If, in the opinion of a State, disclosure of information would prejudice its national security interests, all reasonable steps will be taken by the State, acting in conjunction with the Prosecutor, the defence or the Pre-Trial Chamber or Trial Chamber, as the case may be, to seek to resolve the matter by cooperative means. Such steps may include: (d) Agreement on conditions under which the assistance could be provided including, among other things, providing summaries or redactions, limitations on disclosure, use of in camera or ex parte proceedings, or other protective measures permissible under the Statute and the Rules of Procedure and Evidence.
- Body
- United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 1998
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
Paragraph
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998, para. 1b
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- 1. At any time after the initiation of an investigation, the Pre-Trial Chamber shall, on the application of the Prosecutor, issue a warrant of arrest of a person if, having examined the application and the evidence or other information submitted by the Prosecutor, it is satisfied that: (b) The arrest of the person appears necessary: (i) To ensure the person's appearance at trial, (ii) To ensure that the person does not obstruct or endanger the investigation or the court proceedings, or (iii) Where applicable, to prevent the person from continuing with the commission of that crime or a related crime which is within the jurisdiction of the Court and which arises out of the same circumstances.
- Body
- United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1998
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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